Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease
This concise text delivers a basic introduction to neurology and is designed for use by medical students during their rotation in neurology and related disciplines. Updated and expanded, this second edition follows the same order as the first, starting wi
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Larry E. Davis · Sarah Pirio Richardson
Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease Second Edition
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Larry E. Davis, MD Chief Neurology Service Distinguished Professor of Neurology New Mexico VA Health Care System Albuquerque, NM
Sarah Pirio Richardson, MD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Health Sciences Center University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Illustrations by Yvonne Wylie Walston, MSOM, DOM, CMI, © Creative Imagery Inc, Albuquerque, NM.
Videos to this book can be accessed at http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-14939-2359-5 ISBN 978-1-4939-2358-8 ISBN 978-1-4939-2359-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2359-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015934452 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
After the publication of this book in 2005, medical students in neurology clerkships, psychiatry residents rotating through neurology ward services, as well as many students in allied health fields found this textbook to be a valuable resource in learning the complicated field of neurology. The book continues its original purpose of being short enough to be easily read during a 3–4-week clerkship, having many clear 2-color illustrations, focusing on the most common and important neurologic diseases, and emphasizing the pathophysiology of the disorders. The glossary of medical terms is updated enabling the students to quickly understand the various complex medical terms they encounter. We have updated and expanded the scope of this textbook to include increasingly prominent neurologic diseases with a new chapter on sleep disorders and a new section on paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes. New information has been added about the phenomenology and pathophysiology of neurologic disease that has been learned in the intervening decade. Although we made every ef
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